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1ATLANTA, GA and SANTA CLARA, CA, Sep 11, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Silicon Valley’s Nor1, Inc. and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) have strengthened their strategic partnership with the global rollout of Nor1’s pre-arrival upsell solution, eStandby Upgrade(R), making it available across the hospitality giant’s family
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The Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, Jersey has received the World Travel Award as Jersey?s Leading Hotel 2013. This highly prestigious award of the international travel and tourism industry went to the first-class property located on St Helier?s Waterfront, receiving top marks for comfort and service. ?We are
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1In the hotel real estate industry, few things matter more than the recovery of pricing and operating fundamentals. So said brokers around the?U.S.?who were asked to qualify the current state of the industry as experiencing a recovery or not. ?Fundamentals have improved compared to what we saw
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Future casino resort operators in Japan might be required to pay a national government tax on gross gaming revenue of up to 10 percent, says a note from Union Gaming Research Macau. The paper adds that a further GGR tax at prefecture (local government) level might be levied at a
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Yates Fei has been promoted to the position of General Manager of Hogg Robinson Group China, effective 1 October 2013. He succeeds Harald Weber-Liel, who will return to HRG Germany to take up a key position within the senior management team. Fei has been with HRG for eight years
Carnival Corporation is responding to the vast potential of the Indonesian and Southeast Asian cruise market by bringing the Sapphire Princess to Southeast Asia for a four-month season from November 2014 to February 2015. ?The number of cruise passengers to Indonesia has increased significantly. According to the Ministry for
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1Travel spend by students has increased by 40 per cent since 2007, despite the global economic climate, with young travellers demanding ever more varied services, found the World Youth Student and Education Travel Confederation (WYSE Travel Confederation) in its New Horizon’s III report. More young people than ever before
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1Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world?s biggest sovereign wealth funds, bought Australia?s largest owner of hotels,?1, gaining ownership of 31 properties in major cities. A subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi fund has signed a conditional contract to buy the closely held hotel owner, the Sydney-
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1Tachileik-Mae Sai, Myawaddy-Mae Sot, Kawthoung-Ranong and Htee Khee-Sunron, all on the border with Thailand, have now been designated as international entry and exit points, for Thais and nationals of other countries, the Ministry of Immigration and Population announced. ?These checkpoints were opened on August 28 especially
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The world’s highest civilian airport will commence operations in a Tibetan prefecture in China’s Sichuan province from September 16, 2013, officials said yesterday as per a PTI report. Located at 4,411 metres above sea level, the airport in Daocheng Yading county, Garzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture will drastically
MIAMI, Sept. 11, 2013 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) today announced that its board of directors had named its first lead director, approved a plan to replace staggered terms for directors with annual election, and more than doubled the quarterly dividend on its common shares. The moves, which
Heathrow Airport in London saw just under seven million passengers in August, an increase of 7.7 per cent on August 2012, according to the latest figures. As with July the growth is largely attributable to comparatively lower traffic during the London Olympics last year. Underlying growth for July and
